Nearly 18 months ago Bosnia's biggest parties signed on to police reform according to three principles spelled out by the European Commission as a condition of further integration into the European Union.
Despite their ardent desire to cozy up to the EU and move toward full membership, Bosnia's leaders have made hardly any progress on turning the agreement into tangible change. An attempt by the international community's chief executive in Bosnia, the Office of the High Representative, to move things forward failed last week, with Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) leaders boycotting one round of talks. So why is this particular reform proving so difficult?